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Beyond the CGPA: Building a Tech Career That Actually Works

Date
27 August 2026
Category
Knowledge Session
Speaker
Hameed Salihu
Venue
CSE Lab 2, 2:00 to 3:00 PM
Beyond the CGPA: Building a Tech Career That Actually Works — photograph from the session

Summary

Knowledge Updates Seminar Series #8, held with IEEE CS. What a technology career is built on once marks stop being the measure, from a final-year student already working across the full software development life cycle.

Speaker

Hameed Salihu

Student, Department of CSE, SRMIST Vadapalani

Sessions at the chapter are led by people doing the work — practitioners, researchers and senior students who bring the problem, not just the slides.

Event gallery

  • The student host opening the session
    The student host opening the session
  • HOD of CSE, Dr. Golda Dilip ma'am, addressing the speaker and students
    HOD of CSE, Dr. Golda Dilip ma'am, addressing the speaker and students
  • Hameed Salihu speaking to the room
    Hameed Salihu speaking to the room
  • A former office bearer of the chapter, who joined exclusively for this session, speaking to the students
    A former office bearer of the chapter, who joined exclusively for this session, speaking to the students
  • Students at the session in CSE Lab 2
    Students at the session in CSE Lab 2
  • The speaker, faculty and students together after the session
    The speaker, faculty and students together after the session

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